pebbles

Ahh, it is spring. It is also Pesach (Passover). I have been cleaning and polishing. My studio got an overhaul and I found some canes of indeterminate age (10+ yrs). Between coats of polyurethane finish to the bath and kitchen floors I made pebbles.

Why rocks? They are mindless. Fun. And a versatile design element. Over the years I have seen many techniques for pebbles/stones. I decided to simply reduce old canes and the bars of mixed waste clay I have. And you see the results.

Don’t think I did not have myself in mind for the holiday season! Thinking spring I decided on a cotton lace beret and sweater. It is 50 and heavy rain!!!  The beret is finished and I am very happy with it. Won’t be wearing it and am not finishing the sweater just yet. I’m working on a very white, very warm mohair shawl!

Wishing all an enjoyable holiday.

Valerie

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Headers at Google

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone at Google enjoys Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Have you noticed the occasional ‘art’ at Google? Pleasant little surprises are tucked about the web (Google is not the only practitioner). Twitter is doing some fun stuff (no, I don’t “twit”). Kitsch in my day was a pink telephone, or pompoms off a lamp. Today it seems to be the fluff found around the web. Good for a smile, sometimes a chuckle.

Valerie

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I’m Back

The recent silence in this corner of the blogosphere (yep, I looked it up. That’s a legitimate word.) is officially over.

At the end of some twists and turns I do believe I have emerged in fantastic liberation! I am having quite a time in understanding and relishing the relief and new-found freedom.

What, you ask, is she babbling about? Special needs children are time consuming, emotionally draining  and wreck havoc. Mine is no longer my anchor.

 

I am free to create. I am back in my studio!
With my new found knitting skills my goal is to blend my knitting with beadwork and polymerclay work…I have some ideas.

I leave you with a question…has anyone sighted a crocus?

 

Valerie

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